In the Matter of the Marriage of Cari Marie Lankford and Jeremy Shane Lankford and in the Interest of S.J.L. and J.M.L., Children v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
In the Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-25-00018-CV
IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF ARI MARIE LANKFORD AND JEREMY SHANE LANKFORD AND IN THE INTEREST OF S.J.L. AND J.M.L., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 76th District Court Camp County, Texas Trial Court No. DV-24-05165
Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Jeremy Shane Lankford timely filed a pro se notice of appeal on March 19,
2025. The clerk’s record was filed on April 21, 2025. On May 13, 2025, we received a
document that purported to be Appellant’s brief. On May 15, 2025, we sent Appellant a letter
explaining that the document we received was inadequate to serve as a brief because it did not
meet the requirements of Rule 38.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 38.1. In our letter, we provided Appellant with a detailed explanation of why the document he
provided to this Court failed to comply with Rule 38.1.1 We informed Appellant that, if he did
not file a brief that complied with Rule 38.1 by June 4, 2025, the appeal would be ripe for
dismissal for want of prosecution.
On June 5, 2025,2 we received a document that we construed as Appellant’s “corrected”
brief. The document failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 38.1. Because Appellant’s
“corrected” brief did not meet the requirements of Rule 38.1, his appeal is ripe for dismissal.
1 Each factual statement must contain a citation to the appellate record so that the Court can locate and confirm facts. Appellant did not comply with Rule 38.1(g) in either his original document or his revised document. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(g). 2 Appellant submitted his “corrected” brief one day after the deadline. 2 Pursuant to Rules 38.8 and 42.3 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss
this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8, 42.3; see also Williams v. Johnson,
No. 10-02-346-CV, 2003 WL 21361266 (Tex. App.—Waco June 4, 2003, pet. denied)
(per curiam) (mem. op.).
Scott E. Stevens. Chief Justice
Date Submitted: June 13, 2025 Date Decided: June 16, 2025
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